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It is shameful that in the 21st century people are still being tortured and killed because they do not fit a mythical norm<p>The names of Albert Adams, Stephen Hoskin and Sean Miles may not be immediately familiar, but their common fate is that they suffered years of harassment because of difference …

On a Saturday morning, Suela, like every other young twenty-something Albanian, has plans for the weekend. In a nation addicted to coffee, one of her favorite pastimes is having a drink with a friend in one of Tirana's hundreds of cafes.<p>However, getting there is challenging for a young woman in a …

The apparent explosion in Social Security disability claimants in recent years has provided endless fodder for critics of the program. Their favored explanation is that the growth in the ranks of the disabled, from 250,000 new claimants a year in 1970 to nearly 900,000 in 2008, comes from fraud or …

Civil service global roundup: Australian civil servants seek Twitter help and Ireland's language commissioner quits over lack of Irish language in government transactions<p>India: Successful civil service applicants with disabilities forced to wait for 'suitable' positions<p>People with disabilities are …

<i>The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</i> just published a blockbuster story that's today's must read: Based on court records, police reports and dozens of interviews, the paper details how the ATF used "rogue" tactics — including providing underage youths with alcohol and allowing them to smoke pot — to run …

Benefit cuts leave disabled people facing decreasing incomes, postcode lotteries and threats to their independence<p>Disabled people are likely to be living on lower incomes because of the costs of being disabled and the result of discrimination in the workplace. So it is no surprise they are being …

Watch how this new viral video of disabled mannequins is making models of those who do not conform to society's ideals<p>We pass our lives under the gaze of perfection - no more so than at Christmas, when sculpted mannequins flaunt their athletic frames and enviable curves from glittering window …